lewż

From Arabic لَوْز (lawz).

• IPA^(key): /lɛws/

lewż m (collective, singulative lewża, paucal lewżiet)

1. almond, almonds (several nuts; almond as a mass or species)

   Synonym: lewż tal-għarusa

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Żmien ir-Rebbiegħa”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u qalb il-pal tal-bajtar
     il-flieles żgħar minn bejn ir-rix tal-qroqqa
     joħorġu jnaqqru l-brajma tal-ġulġliena;
     u ġol-benniena
     fid-dar ta’ ħdejn il-lewża
     fil-ħeġġa tal-ħommejr
     jitwieled bambin żgħir

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• There is no general word for “nut”. Both lewż and ġewż (“walnut”) are sometimes used in this sense, however.